Jenkin Whiteside

Jenkin Whiteside (1772-25 September 1822) was a US Senator from Tennessee from 11 April 1809 to 8 October 1811, succeeding Daniel Smith and preceding George W. Campbell. He was a Democratic-Republican.

Biography
Jenkin Whiteside was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1772, and he became a lawyer in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he served as commissioner in 1801 and 1802. In 1809, the Tennessee General Assembly elected him to serve out the rest of Daniel Smith's term in the US Senate, but he resigned in 1811 to continue his law practice. He died in 1822.